Bills Digest No. 72 1997-98
Migration Agents Registration Renewal Charge Bill 1997
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Migration Agents Registration Renewal Charge Bill 1997
Date Introduced: 1 October 1997
House: House of Representatives
Portfolio: Immigration and Mulitcultural Affairs
Commencement: 21 March 1998
To establish a system for determining the charge that migration agents
seeking registration must pay.
This Bill forms part of a package of three Bills designed to streamline
the Migration Agents Registration scheme.A more detailed background on
the overall scheme is contained above for the Migration Legislation
Amendment (Migration Agents) Bill 1997.
The Bill establishes that a charge will be payable by a person who renews
their registration as a Migration Agent after 21 March 1998.The Bill also
imposes a charge limit of $1,100 for applications for renewal made between
21 March 1998 and 30 June 1998.After 30 June 1998 there is a formula,
in clause 7, for determining what the new charge limit will be.The formula
links the charge limit to the All Groups Consumer Price Index number.
Susan Downing
29 October 1997
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